Democracy and the Media in Bulgaria

Smilova, Ruzha; Smilov, Daniel; Ganev, Georgy

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“…This policy strives to negate Hungary's territorial losses from the past century -though only on a symbolic level and not by actually redrawing borders (for now). Similar motives can be identified in Romania in relation to Moldova, in Bulgaria vis-à-vis Macedonia and in Serbia and Croatia vis-à-vis parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina (Dumbrava 2019;Smilov and Jileva 2013). Given the region's long history of conflicts over territory and ethnic dominance, post-territorial nationalism appears to be a provocative strategy.…”

Section: Ethnicity-based External Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 59%

“…The language criterion aims at including cross-border ethnic Hungarians whose ancestors were stranded outside Hungary after World War One while, at the same time, excluding ethnic Romanians, Ukrainians, Serbs and Slovaks living in the same areas (Harpaz 2019a). Bulgaria gave out dual citizenship to those citizens of Macedonia, Ukraine and Moldova who declared that they identified as Bulgarian, without requiring any documented proof of descent from Bulgarian citizens (Neofotistos 2009;Smilov and Jileva 2013). Other countries with co-ethnic citizenship policies include Romania, Croatia, Serbia and Greece .…”

Section: Ethnicity-based External Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dual Citizenship and Naturalisation

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The toleration of dual citizenship has become a global trend as states try to retain ties to their emigrants or to encourage their immigrants to naturalise. This volume examines changes in state attitudes to dual citizenship and their social impact, zooming in from analyses of global dynamics to a series of country case studies that illustrate the variety of reasons and intentions behind dual citizenship reform. Finally, five chapters provide the most thorough analysis of the special Austrian case so far. They show the size of Austria’s untapped potential for naturalisation of immigrants, the incoherence of its citizenship policies at home and abroad and the need for a comprehensive reform.

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Section: Ethnicity-based External Citizenshipmentioning

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“…This policy strives to negate Hungary's territorial losses from the past century -though only on a symbolic level and not by actually redrawing borders (for now). Similar motives can be identified in Romania in relation to Moldova, in Bulgaria vis-à-vis Macedonia and in Serbia and Croatia vis-à-vis parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina (Dumbrava 2019;Iordachi 2004;Smilov and Jileva 2013). Given the region's long history of conflicts over territory and ethnic dominance, post-territorial nationalism appears to be a provocative strategy.…”

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Strategic Dual Citizenship: Global Dynamics of Supply and Demand

Harpaz¹

2021

Dual Citizenship and Naturalisation

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The growing toleration of dual citizenship changes the basic rules governing citizenship attribution. It creates new possibilities for legal connections between states and individuals, including overlapping memberships and belonging from a distance. In this chapter, I argue that the legitimisation of dual citizenship leads to the adoption of strategic policies on the part of states (the “supply” side) as well as on the part of eligible individuals (the “demand” side). Numerous states use dual citizenship policies to select new citizens that do not live on their territory and do not intend to relocate or give up their original citizenship. These include the descendants of emigrants (e.g. Italian descendants in South America who are now offered Italian citizenship), cross-border co-ethnics (such as ethnic Hungarians in the countries surrounding Hungary), as well as millionaires from developing countries who can now – for a hefty sum – acquire citizenship from a country where they have never set foot. From the perspective of eligible individuals, such schemes offer opportunities to strategically expand their scope of rights and opportunities by acquiring a second citizenship that is ranked higher in the global hierarchy of citizenship value. The expected benefits may include global travel freedom, an insurance policy and broader economic opportunities. These developments, which impact both states and individuals, weaken the traditional association between citizenship and national identity.

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“…Evidence from scores of countries shows that Codes of Ethics and ideas of good journalistic practice can either be ignored or misused (Harro-Loit and Saks, 2006;Lo et al, 2005). It has been noted that the self-regulatory mechanisms of the Bulgarian press are very weak and fail to address practices such as selling content to the highest bidder (Smilova et al, 2012) i . Therefore, it is important to explore journalists' perceptions of unethical and corrupt practices in the Bulgarian post-communist media that are said to severely challenge the role of the media as a watchdog for society.…”

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Media corruption and issues of journalistic and institutional integrity in post-communist countries: The case of Bulgaria

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2019

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

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From a normative standpoint the media are usually seen as one of the pillars of a national integrity system, entrusted with the tasks of exposing and preventing acts of corruption and educating the public of the harm caused by corruption. Nevertheless, corruption continues to be one of the most significant challenges that Europe faces, undermining citizens' trust in democratic institutions and weakening the accountability of political leadership. Evidence suggests that in fragile EU democracies such as Bulgaria, despite more than eight years of full membership and numerous preventive measures, corruption is rife and the press is hardly capable of exposing abuses of power or authority. On the contrary - drawing on in-depth interviews with 35 Bulgarian journalists - this paper argues that since communism collapsed in the late 1980s the media in post-communist societies such as Bulgaria has gradually become an instrument to promote and defend private vested interests, and is plagued by corruption. Senior journalists and editors cast serious doubt over the ability of the post-communist free press and journalism to act as a watchdog for society.

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Democracy and the Media in Bulgaria

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Media corruption and issues of journalistic and institutional integrity in post-communist countries: The case of Bulgaria

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